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Johnny Depp resumes testimony in defamation case against Amber Heard
Depp mentioned the altering nature of his relationship with Heard in his early testimony on Wednesday. He accused Heard of title calling and making demeaning feedback about him at occasions of their relationship that might escalate to arguments.
“I used to be not allowed to be proper, not allowed to have a voice,” Depp mentioned.
In his roughly three-hour testimony on Tuesday, the Oscar-nominated star spoke intimately about Heard’s allegations of home abuse, his historical past with substance abuse and his experiences rising up with an abusive mom.
“You slowly notice you are in a relationship along with your mom, in a way,” Depp testified Wednesday about his dynamic with Heard, evaluating the abuse he says he skilled by his mom to Heard’s alleged abuse.
Depp’s lawyer requested him why he stayed with Heard as their relationship deteriorated.
“I wished to attempt to make it work,” he mentioned.
“Ms. Heard had spoken of suicide on a few events, in order that additionally turns into an element, that is one thing that lives behind your mind,” Depp mentioned.
The actor, recognized for his work within the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise, is suing Heard for $50 million over a 2018 Washington Put up op-ed during which she wrote about her expertise with home abuse. She didn’t title Depp within the piece, however he claims it price him profitable movie work.
Depp has maintained his innocence and testified Tuesday that whereas he and Heard had arguments throughout their relationship, he has by no means “struck a lady.”
Depp and Amber met on the set of “The Rum Diary” in 2009, married in 2015 and went to a contentious cut up, with fees of dangerous habits levied by either side.
The couple settled their divorce in August 2016, releasing a joint assertion which learn partially, “Our relationship was intensely passionate and at occasions risky, however at all times certain by love.”
Heard had been unsuccessful in her makes an attempt to get the go well with dismissed. She filed a $100 million defamation countersuit in opposition to Depp in 2020, which is ongoing.
Depp mentioned his tattoos in courtroom on Wednesday, telling the courtroom Heard would make enjoyable of a few of them, which he equated to conserving a journal of his life.
He referenced a “Winona perpetually” tattoo, which Depp mentioned he acquired for his former-girlfriend, actress Winona Ryder, however modified it to “Wino perpetually” after they broke up. He mentioned Heard did not prefer it.
“I took off the final two letters and had it say ‘Wino perpetually,’” Depp mentioned, including, “I believed via ache comes humor. Humor has to return in there into the ache and that is the way you play it out within the thoughts… so I modified it to ‘Wino perpetually.’”
He mentioned that Heard wished him to get a tattoo of her personal title, which he ultimately did.
“And satirically it wasn’t lengthy after that that every little thing began going sideways,” Depp mentioned.
“I used to be doing every little thing I may to carry a smile to her face versus a frown after which the onslaught of no matter issues she was experiencing,” he mentioned. “I might attempt to wake her up with laughter, singing silly songs in her ear. I usually simply tried to maintain bringing her temper up. Generally it labored, many occasions it did not. However I attempted.”
Depp additionally gave additional testimony about his use of oxycodone in the course of the time he was with Heard and signs of withdrawal he would expertise when he went via detox.
Chloe Melas, Lisa France and Sandra Gonzalez contributed to this story.